Kees Salentijn - Abstract beautifully framed - Sold

Beautifully framed work by Kees Salentijn

frame size 56.5 x 46 cm
dimensions of work 33 x 26 cm
list is not part of the work but is offered free of charge
Biography
Kees Salentijn (Amsterdam, 1947)
Salentijn studied at the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, in the fine art department. OB Kat was his most important mentor there. During his studies, Salentijn studied paintings at the Prado in Madrid and spent several months with a Berber family in Morocco. In the 1980s, Salentijn traveled extensively to Spain. During this period, he felt connected to artists from various movements, who more or less advocated spontaneous, unconscious creation rather than primarily pursuing aesthetic representation. He combined the cheerful Cobra visual language with the influences of Spanish culture. The death of the matador Paguiri inspired Salentijn to create his first bullfight (corrida) paintings. In 1985, he brought together several works on this theme under the title "Les folies d'Espagne" and exhibited them in Amsterdam. The 'bullfight' became a metaphor for the fight with the painting. In the late 1980s, Salentijn visited excavations in Ampurias, a Greek/Roman settlement in Spain. These sites inspired his work. Afterward, he worked alternately in Venlo and in various studios of friends in Amsterdam. In the early 1990s, he moved into a studio near the capital and began his period of rapid creation. Coherence, collage, drawing, and painting served as a continuous expression of his creativity.